In accordance with the Social Code - Book Eight - in the area of child and youth welfare the Ministry has a remit to initiate and promote youth welfare activities which are of supraregional importance and which, by their nature, cannot be promoted effectively by a federal State on its own.
De conformidad con el Código Social (Libro Ocho), el Ministerio tiene el mandato de iniciar y promover actividades de carácter suprarregional en la esfera del bienestar de los niños y los jóvenes, actividades que, dada su naturaleza, un estado federado no puede promover por cuenta propia.